• DOI:10.1147/rd.255.0535
Corpus ID: 14149353

The History of Language Processor Technology in IBM

@article{Allen1981TheHO,
  title={The History of Language Processor Technology in IBM},
  author={Frances E. Allen},
  journal={IBM J. Res. Dev.},
  year={1981},
  volume={25},
  pages={535-548}
}

Frances E. Allen

Published 1981

Computer Science

IBM J. Res. Dev.

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The history of language processor technology in IBM is described in this paper. Most of the paper is devoted to compiler technology; interpreters, assemblers, and macro systems are discussed briefly. The emphasis is on scientific contributions and technological advances from ah istorical perspective. The synergistic relationship between theory andpractice is a subtheme.